(SPOILERS) July Birchbox partners with Glamour Magazine

[cheetahchirps]

Doesn't Essie use the name Clambake Coral? Wondering if that's the reason for the change? To make the name more recognizable possibly, but not cool to copy.

Close, Essie has one called Clambake. It's a lot more orange than the CC one, and looks similar to the Zoya that's being sent out in that new Summer Gorgeous on the Go box. I prefer the more muted pinky color of the CC.

 

[CarmenVF]

Thank you Jenna and Zadi. There goes my grand scheme of holding back some points so that I could justify getting some future i item that I'd feel guilty spending money on.

 

[zadidoll]

Originally Posted by mega789 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Quote: Originally Posted by zadidoll /img/forum/go_quote.gif

What Jenna posted.

Say your order came to $20.95 and you have 500 points you would have to use the whole 300 points ($30) towards the payment which means you essentially lose $9.05 worth of points. Either bring your total down to below the amount you have or more than the amount you have. So say your order ended up as $19.95 then they'll apply the 200 points meaning you've only "lost" 5 cents worth OR order $50.01 and pay the penny more out of pocket. Make sense?
Oh really? Now I learned something too. Has it always been this way?

When I called CS before they told me the only option was to used all the points, or none. So if my order came to $20 and I had 500 points, they would all be gone. If that's not the case, than that's pretty good!


Yup, pretty much as far as I know. I only began using my points since November 2011. My advice, just hoard the points you have until you have an even amount and then use the points. For me, as an example, I had 1480 points recently and needed 20 more for 1500 points so once my July box was in my account and I could review I left two honest reviews for products I received in other subscription boxes to have a total of 1500 I then used up all 1500 points on an order that was almost $200 (I used my 20% off anniversary promo code to bring the total down). In the end I used all 1500 points and paid a little under $6 out of pocket which I personally think is the best way to do it. Back in November I used 500 points on my husband Birchbox Man LE box ($45) and essentially wasted 50 points. I could have and should have bought something else to bring the total closer to $50 (like the Lash Card which is $4.95) or just slightly over $50 but lesson learned.

 

[jkwynn]

My mother signed up around the 11th of this month, and her email said that her first box should ship around the 23rd.

So, like a good daughter, I've been checking her account for sneak peeks, lol - and today her box tab shows which one she's getting.  From reading this thread, I figured it would be box 28 (the one without the Glamour wrapper) but it looks like it'll be box 27 instead.

 

[sweetiegirlll]

I didn't know about the points thing either!  You guys are such a useful font of information.  You've saved a lot of us grief.  I figured I could use $30 worth and keep the other $40 for later, in theory, I suppose, because when I use them I plan on using them in combination with a 20% anniversary code and splurging on something high priced with the discount and the points to take the sting out of it.  Like the byTerry Comfort Creme, which is $109, -20% is $87, - $70 in points is $17.  I thought about making it last and purchasing a few palettes or makeup items, but the byTerry is something I'd use every night and my palettes get used for a while and then I forget about them, I never hit pan.  Maybe if it was something like the Naked II palette, that is something I use almost every day and have been for months and still haven't made very much of a dent, so maybe I just don't hit pan on eyeshadows?  There are so many to play with!  I have to remember to get them out, I really like the Tarte True Blood Palette and the Urban Decay Book of Shadows IV.  I end up using combinations that I never thought of for myself when I get those out.  Okay, now I'm confusing myself.  So many cosmetics, so little time!  

 

[ShesaRenegade]

Originally Posted by sweetiegirlll /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I didn't know about the points thing either!  You guys are such a useful font of information.  You've saved a lot of us grief.  I figured I could use $30 worth and keep the other $40 for later, in theory, I suppose, because when I use them I plan on using them in combination with a 20% anniversary code and splurging on something high priced with the discount and the points to take the sting out of it.  Like the byTerry Comfort Creme, which is $109, -20% is $87, - $70 in points is $17.  I thought about making it last and purchasing a few palettes or makeup items, but the byTerry is something I'd use every night and my palettes get used for a while and then I forget about them, I never hit pan.  Maybe if it was something like the Naked II palette, that is something I use almost every day and have been for months and still haven't made very much of a dent, so maybe I just don't hit pan on eyeshadows?  There are so many to play with!  I have to remember to get them out, I really like the Tarte True Blood Palette and the Urban Decay Book of Shadows IV.  I end up using combinations that I never thought of for myself when I get those out.  Okay, now I'm confusing myself.  So many cosmetics, so little time!  

So much fun working it all out!

 

[ShesaRenegade]

Originally Posted by CarmenVF /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Thank you Jenna and Zadi. There goes my grand scheme of holding back some points so that I could justify getting some future i item that I'd feel guilty spending money on.

I tend to hoard my points just for this reason.

 

[mishtastic]

I splurged my points on the Kate Spade perfume and some smaller items like a polish so now I'm saving up again. I'm hoping by the time I get my one year anniversary (I'm an annual member) I'll have at least 600 points and I can splurge on something nice. I keep ordering stuff on the side so who knows, maybe I'll have more? I just used my 20 percent for six months to get the full sized stainiac (love it) and a mod cloth headband. Not bad for about $25.

 

[sweetiegirlll]

Splurging with points is the best thing!  You get high end stuff and pay so little.  It's such a great perk.  I hope other companies get in line and do things like that, but it almost seems too good to be true.

 

[CarmenVF]

I didn't know about the points thing either!  You guys are such a useful font of information.  You've saved a lot of us grief.  I figured I could use $30 worth and keep the other $40 for later, in theory, I suppose, because when I use them I plan on using them in combination with a 20% anniversary code and splurging on something high priced with the discount and the points to take the sting out of it.  Like the byTerry Comfort Creme, which is $109, -20% is $87, - $70 in points is $17.  I thought about making it last and purchasing a few palettes or makeup items, but the byTerry is something I'd use every night and my palettes get used for a while and then I forget about them, I never hit pan.  Maybe if it was something like the Naked II palette, that is something I use almost every day and have been for months and still haven't made very much of a dent, so maybe I just don't hit pan on eyeshadows?  There are so many to play with!  I have to remember to get them out, I really like the Tarte True Blood Palette and the Urban Decay Book of Shadows IV.  I end up using combinations that I never thought of for myself when I get those out.  Okay, now I'm confusing myself.  So many cosmetics, so little time!  

I love the True Blood palette as well. I use it much more than I thought I would.

 

[jkwynn]

Can you use points to buy gift cards?

 

[Claudia Marcus]

I had written Birchbox to well, complain, that their previous letter assured me I was getting the Glamour box this month, my first month. Today I got a reply with an apology for taking so long to write back. The writer said that not everyone got Glamour boxes this monh. I'm more ticked that they said I was getting it than anything else. Did anyone else get a July Birchbox that's NOT a Glamour box?

 

[Auntboo]

Wow! I ordered the Juliette Has a Gun sampler pack on July 12th. I had read online that some people had their shipments take up to a month to arrive so I figured I would just put it in the back of my mind and be pleasantly surprised one day when it showed up in my box. I got it *today*! 

 

[Ineri218]

Originally Posted by Claudia Marcus /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I had written Birchbox to well, complain, that their previous letter assured me I was getting the Glamour box this month, my first month. Today I got a reply with an apology for taking so long to write back. The writer said that not everyone got Glamour boxes this monh. I'm more ticked that they said I was getting it than anything else. Did anyone else get a July Birchbox that's NOT a Glamour box?

My daughter received her first box and it was not a Glamour box.

 

[murflegirl]

Originally Posted by Auntboo /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Wow! I ordered the Juliette Has a Gun sampler pack on July 12th. I had read online that some people had their shipments take up to a month to arrive so I figured I would just put it in the back of my mind and be pleasantly surprised one day when it showed up in my box. I got it *today*! 

Where are you guys ordering this sample pack from? I have been scouring the posts and can't find info anywhere!

 

[Auntboo]

Originally Posted by murflegirl /img/forum/go_quote.gif



Where are you guys ordering this sample pack from? I have been scouring the posts and can't find info anywhere!

Direct from the Juliette Has a Gun website: http://www.juliettehasagun.com/#/eshop_en

 

[murflegirl]

Originally Posted by Auntboo /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Direct from the Juliette Has a Gun website: http://www.juliettehasagun.com/#/eshop_en

Thank you SO MUCH! I was apparently too stupid to think of that. ahahaha

 

[lovelockdown]

Originally Posted by Auntboo /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Wow! I ordered the Juliette Has a Gun sampler pack on July 12th. I had read online that some people had their shipments take up to a month to arrive so I figured I would just put it in the back of my mind and be pleasantly surprised one day when it showed up in my box. I got it *today*! 

wow just one week? I ordered mine yesterday I think (maybe the day before) and I'm excited that it'll come way sooner than I expected. How big are the samples, can u post a picture?

 

[zadidoll]

Well shoot. That cinches it, when I get back from Vegas I'm ordering one too. LOL

 

[tigrlilyem]

Originally Posted by mega789 /img/forum/go_quote.gif



It's still pretty nice to save up points though. I know I don't usually wait to long because I like to splurge sooner rather than later, but this week I basically got $65 of number 4 hair products for $16. I had 400 points, plus a 20% off coupon. I had 407 points and waited till after using the points to review the rest of my items so that I didn't waste those extra points for nothing (since they use points by increments of 100)

OOOH, what'd you get!?! I love the leave in conditioner we got last month. I bought a full size and am almost out after one month of use. I'm obsessed.